SPIROGRAPHA VINOSA, A NEW ODONTOTREMOID FUNGUS ONOCHROLECHIAANDPERTUSARIA

Abstract Spirographa vinosa Holien & Triebel is described from boreal spruce forest of Norway. It is lichenicolous on different species of Ochrolechia and Pertusaria . Within the genus S. vinosa is characterized by its 8-spored asci, up to 5-septate ascospores with obtuse ends and its apothecial pigments causing aeruginose and purplish reactions with KOH.